Nevada guide advice for 076 - 081 early elk, 081 Deer

Hello to all out there. If you have first hand knowledge of good guides in the areas 076 - 081 Early elk - rifle, and 081 late deer rifle hunt (december) I would sure appreciate some information/recommendations of who is great and who to stay away from... Experienced hunter, need help for these hunts...
Thanks!

PM Sent. Congrats on drawing those tags! I put in for the same unit...but wasn't as lucky as you. Feel free to contact me for info.

LAST EDITED ON Jun-01-15 AT 04:15PM (MST)[p]Congrats!!! you got my tag!Give Mitch Buzzetti at Nevada High Desert Outfitters a call.We used him for our 081 hunt a few years ago,two friends hunted elk (076-081)with him and I got a nice antelope last year with him.

Welcome aboard the forum. No longer a lurker.

>Hello to all out there. If
>you have first hand knowledge
>of good guides in the
>areas 076 - 081 Early
>elk - rifle, and 081
>late deer rifle hunt (december)
>I would sure appreciate some
>information/recommendations of who is great
>and who to stay away
>from... Experienced hunter, need help
>for these hunts...
>Thanks!


Why do you need a guide if you're experienced? What do you hope to gain from one?

Got a 4x4? Can you camp out or even motel it in Wells for the elk hunt?

I hunted elk there in 2010. The unit is overrun with 6 x 6 bulls. Pretty easy to find one for an experienced hunter. Lots of open country set up for glassing.

Here's a 180 buck I saw very near 081.

Hey thanks for the reply. As we get older time makes you reconsider your physical capabilities. Mine are limited for caring for and getting an elk out of the backcountry in a timely manner which will leave the elk edible and me alive. I have guided over 30 elk hunters along with a bunch of well known TV personalities for elk, deer, and antelope. Nowadays I can still shoot reasonably well, judge critters to a very close B&C score, but the reality of the my life is I need help after the trigger is pulled. Not happy about it, but it is what it is. Bye the bye took a B&C antelope unguided after 17 days of pre scouting and hunting on the fifth day of the season last year. Gear - 4x4 check, great optics check, great rifle and can shoot check, but those units are not what they were in 2010... too many tags issued for elk, a cow elk hunt up to opener of bull season, and the more eyes the merrier, and the more hands to help the better. Thanks for your post though!

>Hey thanks for the reply. As
>we get older time makes
>you reconsider your physical capabilities.
>Mine are limited for caring
>for and getting an elk
>out of the backcountry in
>a timely manner which will
>leave the elk edible and
>me alive. I have guided
>over 30 elk hunters along
>with a bunch of well
>known TV personalities for elk,
>deer, and antelope. Nowadays I
>can still shoot reasonably well,
>judge critters to a very
>close B&C score, but the
>reality of the my life
>is I need help after
>the trigger is pulled. Not
>happy about it, but it
>is what it is. Bye
>the bye took a B&C
>antelope unguided after 17 days
>of pre scouting and hunting
>on the fifth day of
>the season last year. Gear
>- 4x4 check, great optics
>check, great rifle and can
>shoot check, but those units
>are not what they were
>in 2010... too many tags
>issued for elk, a cow
>elk hunt up to opener
>of bull season, and the
>more eyes the merrier, and
>the more hands to help
>the better. Thanks for your
>post though!

Great response. What you describe is on my mind a lot nowadays, and has to be considered if you want to keep hunting. A single ER visit during a hunt can have a lot of ripple effects - most of them bad. The slow but inexorable processes that affect physical capabilities will be felt by all of us sooner or later, assuming we live that long! It is smart to take them into account - cheaper, safer, and results in more fun and more productive hunts, and incentive to stay in shape in order to do it again next year. But the days of being reasonably tough kids and able to do back to back rough country hunts, eventually come to an end. That doesn't mean no hunting (at least for a while) but it does mean a different strategy.

forepaw

Agree, great response. There are a lot of older hunters that are no longer 10 foot tall and bullet proof.

I get the need for a packer to handle the grunt work after the kill. Have you looked into this sort of service? It's pretty cold in that country that time of year with freezing temps at night.

Here's where I'm coming from. If your hunting ability is better than that of your guide......and it sounds like it may be.........he will likely be threatened by you...........and you will be aggravated with his ineptitude at hunting and his attitude.........and the hunt may be miserable for you.

Just a word of advice.

Keith Montes-Nevada High Ridge Outfitters

Ed

PM sent.

Good luck with your decision and hunting this season!

I drew a NR antlered elk tag this year (15 points) and after researching just decided to book with Cary Jellison at G&J Outdoors.

I figured that this is likely a once in a lifetime elk hunt so that justified going with a guide.

GK

Thanks to all of you guys who offered your suggestions. I really appreciate the input and look forward to a good hunt. To those who pm'd me I will let you know how it all turns out by late December '15. To those who also drew a hunt the best of luck and may your bullets go where you guide them...

Sounds like you were right